Type setting and justifying machine.



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TYPE SETTING AND JUSTIFYING'MAGHINE.

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BENJAMIN M. DES JARDINS, OF WEST HARTFORD,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITYPE COMPANY, OF MANCHESTER,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE SETTING AND JUSTIFYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Application filed December 13, 1902. Serial No. 135,114.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. DES JARDINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at West Hartford, in the county of Hartford and Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inType Setting and Justifying Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to various improvements in typesetting andjustifying machines and for the purpose of present application I willillustrate and describe the improvements as applied to the machineillustrated and described in United States Letters Patent No. 84%,564,dated February 19, 1907. In the present application I shall describeonly such portions of the machine as are intimately related with theimprovements, it being deemed unnecessary to fully describe andillustrate the entire mechanism, which is necessarily complicated.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure-1 is a front elevation ofa portion of the machine; Fig. 2 is a portion of Fig. 1 enlarged, partsbeing shown in section; Fig. 2 is detail plan view of a portion of thearms 40; Fig. 3 is a left side view of part of the machine; Fig. 4 is arear elevation of part of the line transferring mechanism; Fig. is aright side elevation of the machine with parts removed; Fig. 6 is a sideview of the computing mechanism for the just-ifier; Fig. 7 is asectional view on the line 'T-7 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a view similarto Fig. 6, with parts removed to show more clearly the mechanism in therear. Fig. 9 is a view corresponding to Fig. let of my Patent No.844,564 above referred to, showing the computing mechanism with thepresent improvements.

The first part of the present invention relates to the mechanism forreceiving the line of type from the typesetting machine and transferringit to the re-spacing devices which insert in the line the finaljustifying spaces.

Referring to Figs. 1 to at inclusive of the drawings, 10 indicates theconverging channels of an ordinary typesetting machine through which thetype usually pass to an assembling point 11 after being released by thekeys. The type are forced into an assembling channel 12 by a packer 13.The assembling channel is carried by an arm let mounted on an axis 15which is arranged at an angle suitable to the required position of thechannel for receiving and for discharging the line. As illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2 the channel is shown in full lines in vertical positionand in dotted lines in horizontal position, the latter being theposition in which it receives the type. The type are forced by thepacker against a T-shaped preceder 16 which is permanently containedwithin the assembling channel. Upon the inner end ofthe preceder is apin 17 extending through a slot- 18 in the channel wall. This pin isconnected by a link 19 with a pivot arm 20 upon a rock-shaft 21. Aspring 22 tends to hold the arm 20 and the preceder in one or the otherof their extreme positions, one of said positions be ing that in whichthe preceder is flush with the outer end of the assembling channel andready to support the first type of the line when it is inserted by thepacker. As the type accumulate in the line, the preceder is pushed backand when the arm 20 passes the dead center the spring throws it over tothe other extreme carrying the T-head of the preceder to a positionopposite a recess 23 in the channel wall. The leverage of the link 19 onthe pin 17 acts to throw the preceder into said recess. The automaticforward movement of the preceder after the arm 20 passes the dead centercarries it awayfrom the line and prevents the obstruction of the channelduring the time the preceder is moving into the recess. The type areprevented from being disarranged during the movement of the channel 12by thin plate springs 24; arranged within said channel. lVhen suflicienttype to form a line have been assembled in the channel 12 the startinglever 25 (Figs. 1 and 2) is operated. This starting lever is mounted ona shaft 26 supported in a bracket 26 and normally held in the positionin Figs. 1 and 2 by the spring 27. An arm 28 of the starting leverengages an arm 29 on the channel shaft 15 and rocks said shaft throwingthe channel in the vertical position. The arm 28 is sufficiently broadto engage arm 29 in all of its positions. With the axis 15 at the angleshown, the channel, at the same time that it is thrown from thehorizontal to the vertical position, is rotated ninety degrees on itslon gitudinal axis, so that the type, which are assembled in the channelon their feet, are

not only turned to horizontal position but given a quarter turnhorizontally, as will be clear from Fig. 2. An arm 30 is pivoted on thebracket 26 and under tension to move to the left by reason of spring 31.At the first movement of the starting lever the upper end of arm 30advances and presses the type into the channel beyond a pair of springpawls 32.

The starting clutch is operated by arm 26" carried! by the shaft 26 thearm 26" engaging a lug 26 carried by the shaft 656 which is thusrotated; simultaneously with the movement of the type channel so as toactuate the cam arm 650 through the rocker armi 655 on shaft 656, andthus actuate the clutch to start the justifying mechanism, as in thepatent above referred to. As the shaft 33 (Fig. 3). rotates, a camv 33"permits the arm 345 to rise which, through link 35, raises a slide 36having projections 37 whichenter the type channel and carry up the lineof type therein through an intermediate channel: 38, which isstationary, into a movable. justifying channel 39. As the line entersthe channel 38 it encounters a pair of arms 4L0 carried by and having atransverse movement in a. weighted slide L1. These arms are normallypressed to the right by a. spring 42 and their position is controlled bya pin 43 traveling in a slot 44 formed in a guide-block 4e (Figs. 2 and2*).

As the line rises, the weighted slide 41 is I carried up and when itapproaches the channel 39 the slot 44 permits the arms 40 to move to theright out of the type channel and be retained in this position by aspring switch- L3. At this point the slide 4L1 engages a. depending hook45 (Fig. and the slide remains suspended while the line passes into thejustifying channel 39. lVhen the line has passed into said channel aprojection 4:5 on the slide 36' rocks the hook 4L5 releasing the weightll which then drops to its normal position, shown in Fig. 2. As weight41 drops, a depending leg ll carried by the weight ll strikes an arm 46(Figs. 2 and 3) on the shaft 21, rocking said shaft and throwing thepreceder back to the lower or outer end of the assembling channel. Inits downward movement pin 43 of the arms 40 comes down against theincline 43*, displacing the spring switch 43" and thrusting the arms l0back into the line channel.

The justifying channel 39- is mounted on an inclined axis or shaft 47(Figs. 1-, 4 and 5) as in the machine of the patent, the channel beingcarried by an arm 48 swinging on said axis, said arm being rigidlyfastened to a sleeve 48 which also carries a collar having the shortoperating arm 48 which is actuated to swing the justifying channel fromits line receiving position to the justifying position, as shown anddescribed in the patent. The spring l9 normally holds the channel 39pressed downwardin close contact with the intermediate channel 38, saidchannel being raised slightly over an incline against the pressure ofspring 49 while passing from one position to the other. In the channel39 is a preceder 50 connectedby link 51 on an arm 52 which is mounted ona pivot 53' on the hub of arm 48. The preceder is constantly presseddown by a coiled spring 53 within adrum on the pivot 53', one end ofsaid spring being connected to a notched plate 5% which is adjustable tovary thetension of the spring and is held in any desired adjustment by aspring pawl 55. \lVh-ile the channel 39' swings from its position overchannel 38, as shown in Fig. 1-, the spring feet or hooks 39*, heldoutside of said channel by a fixed projection 39 are allowed to passunder the line, holding it in channel 39 until the discharging point isreached, where they strike a fixed pro ect1on 56 wh1ch moves said feetfrom under the line leaving the latter free to move After the preceder50 has moved the last word out of the channel 39 it becomes necessary toraise the preceder 50 slightly so that the channel may move back to itsnormal position over the channel; 38. This is done by means of a rod 56(Fig. 4:) which rocks an elbow lever 57. The elbow lever throws a springdog 58 under the arm 52 raising said arm and holding up the preceder50'until the succeeding line from the channel 38 enters the channel 39and raises the preceder before it. \Vhen this takes place the dog 58 isreleased and returns to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 4:. Thedog 58 is pivoted on the arm as which carries the channel 39; Themechanism for rocking the rm 48 and the justifying channelv is the sameas in the patent.

Another improvement relates to'the computing devices which primarilydetermine the justifying spaces for the line. The general constructionand arrangement of the computing devices is the same as in my patentabove referred to and these need not be illustrated or described hereinfurther than is necessary to explain the application of the presentimprovements. The general features of this computing mechanism, whichare the same as in said patent and shown herein for illustration of myimprovements, are as follows-,the same reference numbers being used asin said patent for'convenience,

except in the case of the computing bar and B and include the computingbar a pivoted to be set in accordance with the number of spaces, thegage carrying blade 5 moving in a straight line to be set in accordancewith the shortage of the line by slide 119, the gage block 132 carryingthe contact block 136 which is limited in its movement by the edge ofthe computing bar a, and the locating rod 250 by which the contact blockis moved. The devices of the patent illustrated herein include also thespace value locating rod L34 carrying the ratchet bar 417, thedifference trip 348 carried by rocker arm 350 and operated by arm 351engaged by the tripping finger 355, and a dog 432 engaging the bottomteeth on bar 417 carried by rocker arm 133 and actuated by arm 435. Thedifference controller 302 and parts coacting therewith, including thewedge 311, the upper and lower wedge blocks 310, 312, and the wedgeplate 301, are shown in Figs. 6 and 9. All the parts above referred to,as well as the other parts illustrated and not described hereafter, arethe same in construction and operation as in the patent above referredto.

Referring now to the features that relate especially to the presentinvention and including the devices that have been added or modified inaccordance therewith, in the casing B, in addition to the slide 119,there are two vertically movable slides 7 2, 73. The slide 73 is set foreach line according to the number of Word spaces in the line by thefollowing means :A space key 74 1) is operated between words inassembling the line. This introduces a temporary space or separator intothe line of type in the assembling channel as usual in type settingmachines and also rocks a shaft. 75 having an arm 76 (Fig. 5) which isconnected by a link 77 with the arm 78 of the lifting pawl 79 Fig. 8.Pawl 79 normally stands in its lowermost position and clear of the teethof the slide 73, which is the rear slide in the case. The arm 7 8extends through an opening in the casing. The slide 73 is sustained whenraised by a spring holding pawl 30. Slide 73 carries a cross-piece 81 onwhich is pivoted a pawl 82 arranged to cooperate with teeth on the slide7 2. The lower end of pawl 82 is connected by a link 83 with a lever 84having a cooperating pawl 84% and a pin 8P on its rear side engagingwith a slot 86 in a sliding plate 87. By moving plate 87 the pawls 82and 8% are moved into and out of engagement with the slide 72. After thecounting slide 73 is raised to represent the number of spaces in a givenline by the keylever 74 and its connection the pawl 82 is thrown intoengagement with the slide 72, which has been previously raised to agiven height by the pawl 91 mounted on one arm of a bell-crank lever 72carried by short shaft 90, and the holding pawl 80 is then thrown outfrom slide 73 by the engagement of its pin 85 with the right end of theslide 87. The two slides 72, 73 then drop until they are stopped by apin or shoulder 88 on slide 73 coming in contact with a fixed abutment.In this way the slide 72 is positioned according to the number of spacesin the line. Immediately on assuming such position slide 72 is clampedor locked by pawl 89 by means of arm 89*, rod 96, spring pressed latch97 and cam plate 93 which is actuated from the main driving shaftthrough the lever 89 pivoted at 89 (see Fig. 5), and the slide 73 issimultaneously released from engagement with slide '72 by means of thecam plate 93 and latch 99 and is free to be set for the succeeding line.This release of slide 73 is secured by the upper cam shoulder on plate93 striking the end of latch 99, so as to rock the latch on its pivot,the short arm of the latch 99 then moving the slide 87 to the right inFigs. 5 and 8 through engagement with the spring 100, and thus throughpin 84: in slot 86 on slide 87 rocks the catch 84* directly and thecatch 82 through link 83, so as to throw both the catches 849 and 82 outof engagement with slide 72, so that the slide 73 may be movedindependently of the slide 72. The setting for the justification of theline is taken from the slides 119, 72, (this slide 72 corresponding toslide 117 in Patent No. 844,564) as described in said patent, and theline thereupon justified. During the justification of the line the shaft90 is rocked once for each word space and by means of the moving pawl 91and the holding pawl 92 the slide 72 is restored to its initial elevatedposition. It will be observed that the slide 72 is dropped as many unitsor teeth as there are word spaces in the line and again raised the sameamount as the line is justified. At the end of the justification of eachline the slide 72 is, therefore, always at the same height and ready tobe set for the succeeding line. The pawls 91, 92 are thrown out ofengagement with slide 72 substantially as in said patent.

In the patent above referred to, a number of movements of the computingdevice of the justifier were effected by means of a fourmotion cam. Inthe present instance, I accomplish the same purpose by means of the cam93 before referred to having a straight up and down motion. Some of themovements effected by this cam are as follows The slide 94 8) whichoperates to release the pawl 80 is operated by a beveled tooth 95carried by a spring plate 95* attached to the cam slide. The tooth 95 isso beveled that it will spring back and not affect the slide 94 duringthe return movement of the cam plate 93. The locking slide or rod 96 isalso operated by a cam plate. This rod operates upon the arm 89 of thepawl 89 and latch 97 which is normally held in the position shown inFig. 8 by a spring 98, be ing held against a stop pin 98 on the slide.This lever '97 is the part which comes in contact with the cam plate 93and it permits the cam to operate the slide 96 in one direc tion only,the spring 98 yielding in the opposite direction. A similar elbow lever99 is mounted on the slide 87 for the same purpose and controlled by aspring 100. .Vith the exception of moving the slides 87, 9e and 96 thecam plate performs exactly the same operation as in the machine of saidpatent. After each line is assembled the cam plate is moved firstdownward and then upward by means of the arm 89 operated by a camsuitably mounted in the machine. During its downward movement the bar 75is engaged with the bar 72 and both are dropped, as before described.This is effected by the movement of the slide 87. The slide 96 is alsooperated during the downward movement to lock the slide 72.

Referring to Fig. 5, 101 indicates the fric tion block or preceder inthe word cut-01f channel 102. This block has a wing 103 provided with aninclined slot which is engaged by a pin on an arm 104. The arm 104: iscarried by a disk mounted on a pin 105 which is mounted on the slide106, which is the same in construction and operation as slide 523 of thepatent. On each side of the disk of arm 10% is a leather washer toproduce the requisite friction and the parts are pressed together by anupper disk 107 and spring 108. A third disk 109, beneath the lowerleather disk, is provided with a pin or projection 110 which engages aspring hook 111 as the slide 106 moves to the left, throwing thefriction slide or preceder 101 down to a position below the line. Ifslide 101 is pushed too low it will be raised by the incline 112, as theslide 106 moves to the left, so as to assure the slide 101 being abovethe galley wall. On its further movement it will drop in the notch 113,so as to be below the type that are being pushed into the galley, and onits return movement it will move up the incline 114 so as to pass this.The operation of these devices is the same as in the patent, except asto the parts 101 to 11 1 inclusive. 9

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. In a typographicmachine, a type channel having two positions, a position in which thechannel extends lengthwise in a substantially horizontal direction and aposition in which the channel extends lengthwise in a substantiallyvertical direction, and mounted to move on an axis inclined to thedirection in which the channel extends between these positions, wherebythe channel is turned on its longitudinal axis as the inclined axis isrotated.

2. In a typographic machine, a movable type channel having a shaft oraxis arranged at an angle to the horizontal and inclined to thedirection in which the channel extends, whereby said channel may beshifted from a position in which the channel extends lengthwise in asubstantially horizontal direction to a position in which the channelextends lengthwise in a substantially vertical position and besimultaneously turned on its longitudinal axis.

3. In a typographic machine, the combination of a type channel, of apreceder movable in said channel, a recess in the side of said channelto receive the preceder, and means other than the type for moving thepreceder into said recess to permit a line of type to pass it.

1. In a typographic machine, the combination of a type channel, apreceder movable within said channel, means for impelling the precederin one direction to resist the entrance of a line of type and meansother than the type for impelling the preceder in the opposite directionafter a line of type has partially entered the channel.

5. In a typographic machine, the combination of a type channel, apreceder movable longitudinally in said channel, means other than thetype for automatically moving the preceder into a recess as the lineadvances to permit the line to pass, and means for automaticallyrestoring the preceder to the channel entrance after the line haspassed.

6. In a typographic machine, the combination of a movable typeassembling channel, a starting lever, and means for shifting the channelsimultaneously with the opera tion of the starting lever.

7. In a typographic machine the combination of a type channel, and adevice in said channel adapted to act as a preceder in receiving a lineand as a follower to eject the line, means for moving said type channellaterally, and means for moving said device into the empty channel topermit said movement.

8. In a typographic machine, the combination with a shifting typechannel for transporting a line from one position to another, of adevice in said channel constructed to act as a preceder as the lineenters the channel and as a follower to eject the line after it has beenshifted, and means for moving said type channel.

9. In a typographic machine, the combi nation with a type channel, of aweighted slide movable parallel to said channel, a laterally movablepreceder carried by said slide, and means for moving the preceder intoand out of the type channel. 7

10. In a typographic machine, the combi nation with a verticallyarrangedtype channel, of a weighted slide movable parallel with said channel, alaterally movable preceder mounted on said slide and a switching camgroove for controlling said preceder.

11. In a typographic machine, the justifying device comprising a partmovable in proportion to the number of word spaces in the line, a secondpart movable in one direc tion with the first named part and in theother direction having an independent movement.

12. In a typographic machine, a justifying device comprislng avertically arranged slide, means for moving said slide step by step inproportion to the number of word spaces in the line, a second verticallyarranged slide, and means for raising it to a given height after eachline, and means for temporarily connecting said slides and dropping themwhile so connected, whereby the second slide is adjusted according tothe setting of the first.

13. In a typographic machine, a justifying device comprising a slidemovable in ac cordance to the number of word spaces in the line, asecond slide, means for coupling the first slide to the second one,means for then adjusting the slides according to the number of Wordspaces, and means for then releasing the first named slide andsimultaneously clamping the second one.

let. In a typographic machine, the combination with a space key, of aslide and means for moving the same from the space key, a second slide,and means for moving the same from said first named slide, and means forclamping the second slide to cause it to retain a position correspondingto the number of word spaces in the line.

15. In a typographic machine, the combination with the computing deviceof a cam plate having a straight line motion and adapted to efiect thelocking and releasing of the said computing device.

16. In a typographic machine, the combination with the word cut-01fchannel, of a preceder and a friction device for controlling saidpreceder comprising an arm connected with the preceder, a disk uponwhich said arm is carried, and means for holding said disk frictionally.

17. In a typographic machine, the combination with the word cut-ofi"channel, of a preceder slide in said channel, and an arm having apin-a-nd-slot connection with said slide, a slide 106 upon which saidchannel and arm are carried, and means for rocking the arm as the slide106 is moved.

18. In a typographic machine, the combination with a slide, a wordcut-0E channel carried by said slide, a preceder in said channel, and anarm carried by the slide and connected with the preceder, of a springhook arranged to engage said arm and rock it as the slide is movedtoward the galley.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN M. DES J ARDINS.

Witnesses CHAS. F. ScHuELz, MARY I. MARSH.

